DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 21, 2019
SMOKE:
Central and Southeastern U.S...
A large area of leftover thin density smoke likely mixed with other
atmospheric pollutants was observed stretching from central Missouri and
Iowa eastward over a portion of the Ohio and Tennessee Valley regions
and northeastward towards Ohio and West Virginia. This smoke was due
to daily seasonal/agricultural type fire activity in the Central and
Southeastern U.S.
Arizona...
Several seasonal fires were seen producing plumes of smoke in
northern-central Arizona. Light to moderate density smoke was observed
in the vicinity of the fires progressing NE.
Northern-Central California...
Scattered wildfire activity was observed over the northern-central
California. Moderate to thick smoke plumes were visible fanning out to
the south from 2 of the wildfires in the central central California.
British Columbia/Alberta...
Extensive cloud cover across Alaska and northwestern Canada prevented
smoke detection in satellite imagery despite the wildfire activity
especially in British Columbia and Alberta.
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THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF
SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED
FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE.
TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE
ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE
AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE
FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:
JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov